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The GNS TC6000GN-P1 Starter Kit has been designed to support developers during
design-in of the TC6000GN-P1 GPS stand alone module solution.
The examples are shown as block diagrams to explain the approaches. Reference Layouts are included
whenever needed at the GNS forum Link: www.forum.gns-gmbh.com .
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Introduction
This manual shows, how to connect the TC6000GN Starter Kit to a PC in order to verify TC6000GN
module performance and test supported features.
For technical specification, please refer to the TC6000GN-P1 datasheet.
For application information and GPS antenna layout implementation, the TC6000GN Design Guide
and “GPS antenna connection” Design Guide are available. Applications were two GPS antennas
should be used, a special GPS antenna evaluation board “GPS SPDT switch” can be ordered.
The specific documents and reference layout in Gerber-file format are available for download at
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com/ .
Connected to a PC, all GPS data (NMEA) is routed to the miniUSB port.
This document describes the TC6000GN Starter Kit in detail.
TC6000GN Starter Kit Features
On board USB2UART bridge for PC connection
5V DC input via mini USB
SMA antenna connector for GPS RF In
GPS active antenna, DC supply (3.0V)
LED “fix indicator”
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Index
Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 2
1 Description of the TC6000GN StarterKit Hardware ............................................................... 4
2 TC6000GN StarterKit Board Layout ...................................................................................... 5
3 TC6000GN StarterKit Board Block Diagram .......................................................................... 6
3.1 Getting started …. ......................................................................................................... 7
3.2 TC6000GN-P1 update and configuration tools ................................................................. 10
3.2.1 Update and configuration with PC connection .............................................................. 10
4 TC6000GN StarterKit Hardware .......................................................................................... 12
4.1 Assembly Drawing Top Side ........................................................................................ 12
4.2 TC6000GN StarterKit Schematic page1/2 ...................................................................... 13
4.3 TC6000GN StarterKit Schematic page2/2 ...................................................................... 14
4.4 TC6000GN StarterKit Bill Of Material ............................................................................ 15
4.5 PCB Layout TOP/BOTTOM Layer .................................................................................... 16
5 ORDERING INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 16
6 GPS Antenna Switch Evaluation Board ............................................................................... 17
7 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ....................................................................................... 17
8 RELATED DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................................ 18
9 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY ......................................................................................... 18
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1 Description of the TC6000GN StarterKit Hardware
FEATURES
Small evaluation board designed for verification of TC6000GN module GPS performance
parameters
Small evaluation board designed for easy implementation to MCU controlled applications
DC supply via SMA connector
GPS-fix LED indicator
PC connection via USB
USB powered
The TC6000GN Starter Kit is equipped to provide NMEA GPS data via USB or UART to the application
software.
Package Content
GNS TC6000GN Starter Kit
USB to miniUSB cable
Active GPS antenna (3V DC)
CD with documentation & software
Mini USB Data
+5V DC
Power supply
GPS RF IN
+3.0V DC
LED Status
indicator
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2 TC6000GN StarterKit Board Layout
Description of LED status indicator:
LED status indicator
Comment
double blinking
Boot-up sequence finished.
blinking
GPS engine is acquisition mode. Almanac- and Ephemeris- data will be
received. User position will be calculated.
on
User position is calculated (position fix).
RF In SMA
Antenna
connector
Fix indicator
LED
TC6000GN
GPS module
mini USB
connector
On-the-fly
programming
JP13,9&10
JP3
Serial to USB
chip
Push_to_fix
JP13,5&6
32,768Hz
Clock
oscillator
DC Power
Supply
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JUMPER AND CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION
CONNECTOR
PIN
SIGNAL
DESCRIPTION
JP11
1&2
VBat
This jumper must be connected to supply
TC6000GN
JP12
1&2
GPS_UART_CTS
For future purpose, left open
JP13
1&2
GPS_PA_Blank
For future purpose, left open
3&4
GPS_EXT_LNA_EN
For future purpose, left open
5&6
PUSH_TO_FIX
Set jumper to switch GPS engine from sleep to
operation mode “push to fix” (P2F)
7
NC
Not connected
8
TCXO_CLK
26MHz TCXO clock signal
9
GND
Ground
10
ON_THE_FLY_PRG
This input determines operation after reset. Set
jumper for reprogramming firmware or
reconfiguring the module. Leave open in normal
operation.
CON1
1
GPS_UART_TX
UART Tx signal
2
GPS_UART_RX
UART Rx signal
CON2
1
RTC_CLK
Crystal oscillator 32768Hz signal
2
GPS_PPS
Pulse Per Second
3 TC6000GN StarterKit Board Block Diagram
TC6000GN module
miniUSB connector
Serial to USB
external RF
connector
32,768 Hz
crystal
oscillator
Multi-pin
connector
JP13
P2F,
ON_THE_FLY_PRG
LDO
5V 1.8V
connectors RF1,
RF2
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3.1 Getting started ….
1. Connect the active GPS antenna to the GNS TC6000GN Starter Kit.
2. Insert the included CD into your CD Rom Drive. Change to \Driver folder.
3. Copy the two files from the \Driver folder to a PC folder of your choice.
4. TC6000GN Starter Kit will be connected to the PC via a virtual COM-Port with USB.
This conversion is performed by an onboard chip.
Do not connect the USB cable now!
First, please install the FTDI VCP (Virtual Com Port) driver by invoking USB-Driver-
CDM20600.exe.
A DOS window will open and close again after a few seconds when finished.
5. The VCP USB driver is now ready to use.
6. Connect the Starter Kit to your PC by using the USB- to miniUSB cable. This will power up
the Starter Kit (shown by the blinking green LED fix indicator) and establish the active state.
7. You should see a hint on the right lower corner of your PC screen, that a new hardware has
been found and is ready to use.
8. Assign the virtual COM-Port number by executing “Windows Start Button” and select “Control
panel”
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9. Select “system”
10. Choose “Hardware” tab and select “Device Manager”
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11. Select “Ports (COM&LPT)” and notice the “USB Serial Port” number
12. Start your preferred NMEA-Viewer software (for example: Visual GPS, free NMEA-Viewer,
Link: http://www.visualgps.net/VisualGPS/default.htm ) to visualize the NMEA-protocol data
and connect COM-Port using the default data rate of the TC6000GN module of “9600Baud”.
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3.2 TC6000GN-P1 update and configuration tools
Depending on the evaluation board that is used, there are different approaches and tools available for
update/configuration.
3.2.1 Update and configuration with PC connection
In all cases, where a UART or USB connection to a PC is available, the GNS TC6000GN-P1
configuration tool offers a comfortable way to reprogram the firmware options.
Place 2mm jumper on jumper bar position 5 “ON_THE_FLY_PRG” pin connected to GND and plug-in
miniUSB connector. Connect the Starter Kit to the PC. It powers up and TC6000GN is in configuration
mode. The FIX_AVAILABLE pin and the LED “fix indicator” will not toggle in configuration mode.
Check the mapped COM port number by using the Windows hardware manager.
Copy from CD or GNS forum http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com/ the TC6000GNConfig.exe to your HDD
at a location of your choice, and start the program.
The program automatically lists the available COM ports in the Serial Port Combo Box.
Select a valid COM port from the list. The baud rate during the update is fixed to 115200 in this mode
and needs no setting.
Place jumper!
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Select the desired options by clicking or inserting the values.
- Combo Box Baud Rate defines the desired baud rate for the NMEA output
- Check Box Advanced Power Management sets APM option ON or OFF
- NMEA Group :
Click the check boxes in the first row to activate/deactivate the types of NMEA
sentences
Update Rate defines the rate of NMEA output
GSV Update Count defines the multiplier for GSV sentences output :
GSV will be sent every (Update Rate * GSV Update Count) seconds.
- Combo Box Pulse Per Second disable/enable PPS functionality
Click the Extras button to active pull-down menu, to select option Prepare Cold Start. Stored
Almanac, Ephemeris and UTC time of the last position fix will be deleted, to verify and test TC6000GN
receiver TTFF (Time To First Fix). performance at cold start conditions.
Select Firmware Upload to update TC6000GN to freshest firmware release. The firmware is available
on the GNS forum www.forum.gns-gmbh.com and provided as a *.gni file.
Click the Write button to transfer the selection to the EEPROM of the TC6000GN-P1.
A message box will inform you about the success of the operation.
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4 TC6000GN StarterKit Hardware
4.1 Assembly Drawing Top Side
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4.2 TC6000GN StarterKit Schematic page1/2
Note: There are some pins in this schematic, that are not used in this GPS firmware solution, but are routed on this EM
Board.
The following pins are not available in the user application and should be left open :
GPS_EXT_LNA_EN
GPS_PA_BLANK
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4.3 TC6000GN StarterKit Schematic page2/2
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4.4 TC6000GN StarterKit Bill Of Material
Qty device value, type board reference
1 Transistor NPN BC846SOT323 T0101
1 LED green CHIPLED-0805 U$0101
1 Connector/Jumper PINHD-1X2_RM2.00 CON1, CON2, JP11, JP12
1 Connector PINHD-2X5_RM2.00 JP13
1 MiniUSB connector MiniUSB connector MINIUSB
1 GPS module TC6000GN U$0103
2 Resistor 10k size 0402 R0102, R0104
1 Resistor 120k size 0402 R0202
1 Resistor 1k size 0402 R0107
2 Capacitor 10uF tantal C0205, C0206
1 Capacitor 10uF size 0603 C0209
2 Capacitor 10nF size 0402 C0102, C0210
1 Resistor 0R R0101
1 Resistor 470R size 0402 R0103
1 Resistor 56k size 0402 R0201
2 Resistor 27R size 0402 R0203, R0204
2 Resistor not assembled R0105, R0106
14 Capacitor 100nF size 0402 C0103, C0107, C0201, C0202, C0203,
C0204, C0211, C0213, C0214, C0215
C0216, C0217, C0207, C0208
2 Capacitor 1nF size 0402 C0104, C0212
1 Capacitor 1uF size 0402 C0101
1 Inductor 270nH size 0402 L0101
1 Inductor 8.2nH size 0402 L0102
2 Capacitor 100pF size 0402 C0105, C0106
1 Oscillator SO2520 OSC0101
1 LDO TPS72501DCQ IC0201
1 LDO LP2985-3.3 IC0202
1 SMA Jack SMA Jack U$0102
1 UART2USB Converter FT232RL IC0203
4 Ferrite Bead BLM15AG102 L0201, L0202, L0203, L0204
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4.5 PCB Layout TOP/BOTTOM Layer
TOP Layer BOTTOM Layer
5 ORDERING INFORMATION
Ordering information
Type
Part#
Description
TC6000GN-P1_StarterKit
4037735104365
TC6000GN Evaluation Board
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6 GPS Antenna Switch Evaluation Board
GNS offers an GPS antenna evaluation board to switch between an passive GPS chip antenna and an
active or passive GPS antenna input. It can be used for verifying GPS signal strength estimation at
special GPS application conditions.
GNS part#: 4037735104549 „GPS_SPDT_Switch“
For more information and user manual for the GPS_SPDT_Switch evaluation board,
visit: www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
7 ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
This product is free of environmental hazardous substances and complies to
2002/95/EC. (RoHS directive).
Passive GPS
Chip antenna
RF IN
GPS module
Active or
passive GPS
antenna
input
SPDT
Switch IC
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8 RELATED DOCUMENTS
Type
description
Available from
TC6000GN-P1 data sheet
Data sheet for TC6000GN-P1 module
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
TC6000GN_DesignGuide
Design Guide for the TC6000GN-P1
module.
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
GPS Antenna Connection
Design Guide
Design Guide to implement an GPS
antenna to an application PCB
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
TC6000GN-EM1-S user manual
User manual for TC6000GN-EM1-S
evaluation board for TI microcontroller
boards
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
TC6000GN-EM1 user manual
User manual for TC6000GN-EM1
evaluation board for TI microcontroller
boards
http://www.forum.gns-gmbh.com
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